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and that explains why, for instance, the koch brothers were early funders of michele bachmann, who is a darling of the religious right. they don't care particularly, i would assume, about her religious foibles. what they care about is the bottom line. and these religious right candidates, many of them believing in the health and wealth, name it and claim it prosperity gospel, believe that the rich are sanctified and the poor punished. >> many of those people on the right would tell you that the fall in the income of middle-class people and others has been because of obama's economic policies. >> i think they're suffering from selective amnesia. they also don't understand that george bush doubled the national debt, that the original meltdown on wall street occurred during george bush's watch, and by the time obama became president in 2009, we were already well into the recession. now i don't defend him in every way. i don't say that everything he's done is right by any means. i have all kinds of issues with him on the health care legislation. for instance, his willingness to play ball
and that explains why, for instance, the koch brothers were early funders of michele bachmann, who is a darling of the religious right. they don't care particularly, i would assume, about her religious foibles. what they care about is the bottom line. and these religious right candidates, many of them believing in the health and wealth, name it and claim it prosperity gospel, believe that the rich are sanctified and the poor punished. >> many of those people on the right would tell you...
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>> well, certainly when the year began we never thought that we'd talk about michele bachmann having a competitive race. she was redistricted into a new seat at the beginning of the ye year, but the new sixth district is more conservative than the last one. but, there are a couple of factors that are working against bachmann right now. first of all, she does not even live in the sixth district. she is also coming off of a failed presidential campaign where she mostly ran touting the fact that she is really anti-obama which annoyed many people in minnesota, a nd she i running against an independent wealthy businessman jim graves who is making a serious try of convincing the conservatives that he is a fiscal conservative and has the jobs to set things right with the e con enemy. >> so he is well funded? >> he is well funded. you know, he has enough money himself to run for congress, and now he is starting to pick up some donations as well. of course, nothing even approaching $16 million. >> and michele bachmann is one of the most famous of the tea party members. is this a sign that the
>> well, certainly when the year began we never thought that we'd talk about michele bachmann having a competitive race. she was redistricted into a new seat at the beginning of the ye year, but the new sixth district is more conservative than the last one. but, there are a couple of factors that are working against bachmann right now. first of all, she does not even live in the sixth district. she is also coming off of a failed presidential campaign where she mostly ran touting the fact...
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michele bachmann blamed the existence for gay people are not one but two natural disasters both a hurricane in an earthquake. newt gingrich who who is has had two mistresses and three wives talk about the sanctity of traditional marriage and rick perry charged that president obama was conducting a war on religion simply because he allows gay to serve in in a the military but for bids children from praying or salivating christmas. they are designed to whip up hatred against and in order for these candidates in particular these candidates to grab a bigger chunk of the christian right voters who make up a large portion of the republican base. this kind of rhetoric of course has been going on for years before this presidential race started and it went into overdrive with the advent of the very controversial issue of same-sex marriage. it was almost two years ago that i decided it was time to write a fact-based primer on, specifically targeted to right of center voters hence the subtitle of the book. to do two things, number one to challenge the religious right on its own turf and to show that m
michele bachmann blamed the existence for gay people are not one but two natural disasters both a hurricane in an earthquake. newt gingrich who who is has had two mistresses and three wives talk about the sanctity of traditional marriage and rick perry charged that president obama was conducting a war on religion simply because he allows gay to serve in in a the military but for bids children from praying or salivating christmas. they are designed to whip up hatred against and in order for...
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i mean this is somebody who kind of makes michelle bachmann look like a hippie. >> wow. >> michele bachmann, hippie. >> i want to bring you in here and set the context, many people watching me feel like gosh, claire mccaskill seems much more reasonable and senatorial than her challenger todd akin, than the guy calling her all these names, ma some nistic games. in july he was up by five points. in august, she's now up by nine points, but the money may be coming back from republicans here. >> right. >> how do you make sense of a shift in the polls and republicans saying we're over this guy, done with him, pulling out, maybe not. >> because they're liars. they think they can hold on -- grab a senate seat an he's the one they will put their money back in. that's always been true. i said it the day they were pulling out. and if i were claire mcskas kill i would embrace the wild cat label, i'm a wild cat fighting for your family. i would be really proud of it. but you know, ma someny works with some and if he feels like if he kicks her again maybe he'll bring out those voters. >> an interesting p
i mean this is somebody who kind of makes michelle bachmann look like a hippie. >> wow. >> michele bachmann, hippie. >> i want to bring you in here and set the context, many people watching me feel like gosh, claire mccaskill seems much more reasonable and senatorial than her challenger todd akin, than the guy calling her all these names, ma some nistic games. in july he was up by five points. in august, she's now up by nine points, but the money may be coming back from...
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fast toward to 2012, we see politicians like newt gingrich, like michele bachmann, like peter king, calling for investigations into muslim american community, and when mitt romney is asked how would you respond, how do you respond to michele bachmann's demand for investigations, he simply said this is not his campaign. this is not a way to lead, when you think of president bush, how he came out, say what you will about president bush's policies, but he did come out after 9/11 and repeated that we're not at war with muslims, this has consequences, republican party 89% white. lost people like my father who has seen it gone astray. >> in your father's distaste with the republican party become thick willingness to expand power. part of what i hear is if you're a small government, party, that ideology shouldn't restrict who wants to get married if are you a small government, have you a small government position. talk to me a little bit about how we see the role of a president in helping to bring about bipartisanship? you talk about the congress, you say there is a role for the president. >> a ch
fast toward to 2012, we see politicians like newt gingrich, like michele bachmann, like peter king, calling for investigations into muslim american community, and when mitt romney is asked how would you respond, how do you respond to michele bachmann's demand for investigations, he simply said this is not his campaign. this is not a way to lead, when you think of president bush, how he came out, say what you will about president bush's policies, but he did come out after 9/11 and repeated that...
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. >> this is somebody who does make michele bachmann look like a hippie. he is that far on the fringe. >> let's bring back our roll call. lynn sweet, good afternoon to both of you. >> and good afternoon. >> let me start with you. here is the thing. on the outside looking in, you would think that akin would have been dead in the water after his first incident. what is happening here? what are we missing about missouri? >> well, missouri is a conservative state, first of all. claire mccaskill only won by a couple of points, a pretty slim margin anyway six years ago. but also the obama campaign, the national campaigns are not playing here at all. which means the senate race is pretty much one of the biggest games in town. when you have that kind of dynamic, interesting things can happen. a couple of reporters were out there this week and noted there were signs of life in the akin campaign. i've talked to a couple of republicans say they have seen internal polls still trailing, but within a couple points of her. >> lynn, about a month ago, it seemed all republ
. >> this is somebody who does make michele bachmann look like a hippie. he is that far on the fringe. >> let's bring back our roll call. lynn sweet, good afternoon to both of you. >> and good afternoon. >> let me start with you. here is the thing. on the outside looking in, you would think that akin would have been dead in the water after his first incident. what is happening here? what are we missing about missouri? >> well, missouri is a conservative state,...
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i saw michele bachmann and herman cain. >> yeah. this was, if anything, tampa was a celebration of republican unity but joe is right that for every convention when you have a challenger who has gone through a primary you do have to go through this process. let's not forget in 2008 at the democratic convention 40% of democrats still wanted hillary clinton to be their nominee. >> that's right. >> that was significant division. and obviously it didn't really hurt barack obama all that much. bill: to both of you in the 30 seconds left, todd, does this make a difference and how much of a difference united versus divided or division or unity however you want to define it, how does that play out in '64 days? >> it would make a significant difference if it were true but it is not true. the fact is republicans are overwhelmingly united behind mitt romney. democrats are overwhelmingly united behind barack obama. bill: joe, give you the last word. >> whatever divisions there are they will be unified by the republican urge to defeat barack obam
i saw michele bachmann and herman cain. >> yeah. this was, if anything, tampa was a celebration of republican unity but joe is right that for every convention when you have a challenger who has gone through a primary you do have to go through this process. let's not forget in 2008 at the democratic convention 40% of democrats still wanted hillary clinton to be their nominee. >> that's right. >> that was significant division. and obviously it didn't really hurt barack obama all...
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>>shepard: and former press secretary for rick santorum, and former press secretary for michele bachmann. >>shepard: welcome. the first lady tonight, what is her mission? >>guest: well, i think she has a serious side, a message of what her husband has done as president. she has a human side, about what kind of dad he is, what kind of human being he is. if she does both of those, she will do well. >>shepard: appearing doing what? >>guest: showing him as a great husband a great father, and he is a great person. no question. he is just a bad president. she will talk about him more as a person opposed to the leader. it will be hard to talk about the help because it has not made things better for the american people but she will have to, rather than the reaching out of the independents she will have to real in the disaffected supporters. >>shepard: a controversy, there are a few things bubbling on the 24-hour cable cycle including the president giving himself an "incomplete," and what he is saying, i want for more years, duh. >>guest: he inherited a tough hand and he is digging out of a deep
>>shepard: and former press secretary for rick santorum, and former press secretary for michele bachmann. >>shepard: welcome. the first lady tonight, what is her mission? >>guest: well, i think she has a serious side, a message of what her husband has done as president. she has a human side, about what kind of dad he is, what kind of human being he is. if she does both of those, she will do well. >>shepard: appearing doing what? >>guest: showing him as a great...
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we will also hear from minnesota congressman michele bachmann and of course family research council president tony perkins who was the luncheon speaker at the national press club earlier this week. you can see what he had to say if you go to the video library at c-span.org. according to "the washington post" neither mitt romney nor missouri candidate ted akin are scheduled to speak at this event. is expected to get underway in just a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning ladies and gentlemen. we will begin in just a couple of moments. please take your seats. ♪ and. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the 7th annual al use voter summit. to kick off our meeting this morning please welcome to the stage or master of ceremonies, mr. dale burden. [applause] >> good morning everybody. we are looking forward to what i know will be one of the best we can hear the 7th annual values voter summit. well it's 2012, finally. [applause] i didn't think we would ever get here. i don't know about you but i'm ready for a national do over. does anybody want
we will also hear from minnesota congressman michele bachmann and of course family research council president tony perkins who was the luncheon speaker at the national press club earlier this week. you can see what he had to say if you go to the video library at c-span.org. according to "the washington post" neither mitt romney nor missouri candidate ted akin are scheduled to speak at this event. is expected to get underway in just a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good...
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bachmann look like a hippy. >> good line, by the way, congratulations. >> he is very much in a group of people that would never be part of the compromise that we need to find to address the fiscal cliff. he would never be part of the group in the middle that actually figures out ways to solve these problems, that works across the aisle, is willing to be. he can say all he wants about a voting record, but it is absolutely uncon troe vermontable from 1 to 100, i am number 50 from liberal to conservative. that means impart of the middle that wants to work for compromises and do the right thing to move the country forward. todd is going to be part of the fringe caucus that wants to convince everyone that the whole issue is that the government is the enemy, and it's not the answer, government is not the answer but it's not the enemy. >> so senator, the congressman said you did vote with barack obama 98% of the time. is that an accurate number? >> depends which year, as you know, joe, some of these look at confirmations and look at procedural votes. i mean, i have been willing to say to th
bachmann look like a hippy. >> good line, by the way, congratulations. >> he is very much in a group of people that would never be part of the compromise that we need to find to address the fiscal cliff. he would never be part of the group in the middle that actually figures out ways to solve these problems, that works across the aisle, is willing to be. he can say all he wants about a voting record, but it is absolutely uncon troe vermontable from 1 to 100, i am number 50 from...
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bachmann and her dog. >> stephanie: oops, what happened? >> caller: who's being vetted now? mitt on the national stage. it is his turn under the spotlight. we're finally seeing who he is. >> stephanie: how's that going for him so far? >> she's cutting in and out. >> stephanie: that was a bad phone. that was a 47 percenter phone. >> it works 47% of the time. >> stephanie: okay. poor mittens. really. ♪ just can't wait to shoot off my mouth again ♪ ♪ i'm making enemies from friends and i can't wait to shoot off my mouth again ♪ ♪ on the road again ♪ ♪ will it never end ♪ ♪ off my mouth again ♪ ♪ i just can't wait to shoot off my mouth again ♪ ♪ the gaffes i've made are making enemies from friends ♪ ♪ and i can't wait to shoot off my mouth again ♪ >> stephanie: thank you rocky mountain mike. jim in jersey. hi jim. you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome. >> caller: i was just wondering i don't know who's worse. romney or riley. romney is saying when he takes tax deductions, he's really smart but when you t
bachmann and her dog. >> stephanie: oops, what happened? >> caller: who's being vetted now? mitt on the national stage. it is his turn under the spotlight. we're finally seeing who he is. >> stephanie: how's that going for him so far? >> she's cutting in and out. >> stephanie: that was a bad phone. that was a 47 percenter phone. >> it works 47% of the time. >> stephanie: okay. poor mittens. really. ♪ just can't wait to shoot off my mouth again ♪ ♪...